Re: "git diff --stat" doesn't show added empty file

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> On Mon, 12 Jan 2009, Ping Yin wrote:
>> $ git diff --stat HEAD^..
>>  0 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
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> In the kernel, we use "git diff --stat --summary" for exactly this reason.
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> Well, not exactly.
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> The thing is, even if the file is _not_ empty, there's a huge difference
> between "added 100 lines to an already-existing file" and "created a new
> 100-line file". Which is exactly what "--summary" adds.
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> And it sometimes even makes sense to show the summary without the
> diffstat. If you're _only_ interested in create/delete/rename information,
> you can do "git show --summary <cmit>". It won't give you line counts, but
> it will give you information about any changes to filenames, eg in the
> kernel archive, you could see an example of this with
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>        git show -M --summary 95b482a8d31116f3f5c2a5089569393234d06385
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> where you have a combination of renames, creates and deletes.
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> So I think it's already better than what you ask for.
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>                        Linus
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